oops on its way from to go to the grand northern slope the helicopter passes by mt fished the highest point and the western ridge it's so. after an hour's trip by end dimitri and his son kid will walk about the northern sector of the caucuses reserve in the company of ranges the jugo weather station is now schools of coleman says away. people and animals share the only path there is in this area. do the bison let humans approach them but most of the people traveling around the reserve granges in horseback last short while ago

patrol g.t. in a different area the focus of the short distance from here they can seem on his show that came across nine bars and. the lettuce come quite close to them. were only fifteen meters away. bison leaving the coaxes reserve have no enemies sometimes humans can come very close to them provided they are on horseback buses a range of dismount the bison instantly make it clear they're poised for attack. the. horses are the most reliable and indispensable companions when people go on long trips in the mountains only horses with good training eligible for the job. well. this one is called

churton ish. is my favorite. but we became fast friends. writing him is no problem he does what he's told to do. but this one is still a young stallion. so that he will let anybody touch him. the bloke. is scared of everybody.

joel know which has one of the remotest areas of eastern sector of the caucuses reserve several reserve stock and their families live here on a permanent basis. even if the weather is warm it's only possible to reach this place with an off road vehicle schoolchildren from a nearby village of sit by often visit reserve ranges they have organized an eco movement called the little bison. hello hello glad to see you. dear our guests. that no. that doesn't touch the machine we are. chosen in asia is the starting point of a circular route for high just only visitors with a permit and a map are allowed to enter the reserve they gear is inspected and ranges. teach

them the elementary rules for surviving in the mountains children from the little bison always welcome here they already have experience walking cross-country with the children from the little bison often across the river in that way but it's risky in winter time so today we're going to take a detour we'll cross the bridge and forest warden will take care of all stuff. pikas can choose between several popular routes in different areas of the coax is reserved. close to the trail stands an oval table used by ranges it's meant for hikers passing by wanting to rest for a moment children from the little bison club gather here on the bank of the stream to discuss major ecological actions suggestion as we all know that on the eve of new year's celebrations many local people pick up axes and go to the forest to cut

down our green beauties it's a bird save the green beauty is the name of a movement organized by the children so they make leaflets bearing the image of a food tree and you'll note that they write text on the leaflets and display them prominently in the village of. the children hope their peaceful actions will help prevent further trees from being cut down illegally. preserve ranges however take more radical measures against lawbreakers their main task is finding and detaining poachers. one of the most challenging jobs takes rangers to mount. and each time they go under a veil of secrecy regardless of day or night the conditions that painstaking job require special knowledge and staying power they need to be skilled horseman as

well as able to discern telltale signs showing the presence of trespassers and have no difficulty finding their bearings. and you will always be tempted to answer the reserve because beasts are easy prey here your reporters up there are not as much afraid of humans as they are elsewhere because they're under constant protection. such you see them as enticing tidbits because hunting for them is so easy. as the path reaches higher altitudes one climatic zone in the mountains gives way to another here the fog that envelop the forests in the foothills is now a distant memory there is snow on the slopes and it is much colder the caucasian mountains gradually come into view.

after several attempts to find the best point for filming the landscape dimitri suddenly comes face to face with a brown bear one of the rarest and largest animals of the caucasus reserve. ranges did find fresh tracks they were close to the huts where the rangers put up

for the night they reported the find over walkie talkie that he would use there are all threats here that the store all got from a wolf yes. keep still the workers let me see them what are the other tracks no just those holding. bases here they are. two three three. eight calling one zero four eight calling one of four everything's ok no poacher tracks only some left by animals the latest tracks are those of wolves three of them over and out. different people visiting the coaxes nature reserve

a raft of different things some seek shelter from the hustle and bustle of big cities others are wrong to thrills only a few are able to blend in with this wonderful place and become possibly. just invested by old and yet i feel an integral part of this world at large and to do well no crazy romantic. i'm nearly drowned almost frozen to death and full of cliffs already. nature is wiser than we are given if our ingenuity is all pervasive. she is the creator that gave birth to us about enough but i do not and may bring us to ruin unless we come to our senses. they have led them i think that's what people should devote their lives to. let's go get the book i don't know if i can cope with the task but i'm going to try.

syria rejects arab league proposal for president all assad to cede power to his deputy and the formation of a national unity government with the opposition. the e.u. slaps more sanctions on iran targeting the country's main source of income oil but union has reiterated that the move is negotiable provided to halt its nuclear program that the west sees as a threat and returns to the negotiating table. and croatia says yes to e.u. membership but up or turn out for the referendum and violent protests exposed deep divisions within the balkan nation.

thanks for being with us six o'clock broadcasting from the heart of moscow karen tara syria has called an arab league proposal to resolve the crisis in the country a conspiracy the league calls on president assad to hand power to his deputy and form a national unity government pending elections damascus slammed the plan as interference in its attorney internal affairs and an attack on its sovereignty r.t. sarah firth is in the syrian capital. the arab league cooled president bashar al assad to step down and to hand power his deputy they also called for the formation of a national unity government and that would be a pretty late early parliamentary and presidential elections now those calls have been vehemently rejected by the syrian government here so they could play go into

interference with the internal affairs really the sense here from damascus is that the government here are working on their own reforms they want the arab league mission to focus on their job of course the problem is you've got countries in the arab league like saudi arabia like qatar now seeing the sense that they're reaching democracy to syria when of course they themselves don't have the votes to see. russia's stance is once again that this should be seeking resolution with alice for an intervention now i've actually spoken to the national coordinator council which is the opposition within the country they welcomed the maven again reiterated their felt that as long as there is no move towards foreign military intervention that they're very pleased with the response from the arab league mission because you still got observers on the ground it's expected that the mission is actually now going to continue possibly for another month and pulled usually. of their powers

and their numbers as well of course what you don't want to see happen now is that the arab league mission which is really the only route there remains a you can see the scenes dialogue in the country to now have blocks put in its way so the question really is how to make the mission the observer mission more effective because as we've been witnessing in the past couple of weeks really at the moment in the country what you want to be thing is the sightedness and not third the division. or civilization. or. two to homes the conflict has moved ever closer to the country's capital and though many damascus suburbs are also embroiled in the conflicts between government forces and the armed opposition. well this is all that's left of many of the houses now inside just absolutely gutted is broken glass you've got bullet holes lining the

walls you've got clothes staying around the house where people have left them behind fleeing very quickly you can really see here the devastating consequences that this conflict has hurt the picking up the pieces were easy amongst the opposition themselves there are worrying divisions and as the conflicts become increasingly violent there are now areas of the country where it's unclear exactly who's in control what do the people here. think the syrian army having control not or it's. not. a lot of numbers of number of secrecy of who's in charge and so. quickly the issue of the coordination the diversion of the stuff arab league observers look set to remain in the country for another month trying to build the basis for multi-party elections even seen by the international community. where you are indeed opposition you have

to put in your mind that you have to work with the other side working with the other side look. good with thousands kills bringing the different factions to the negotiating table is going to be a major task. damascus syria you members have voted to impose further sanctions on iran in an attempt to curb its nuclear ambitions which techron maintains are purely peaceful the measures target the iranian oil sector the country's main source of morning calm banning any future contracts russia expressed its regret over the move saying it undermines diplomatic efforts to solve the crisis artists are cilia has more. it's sensually a total oil embargo it will have immediate effect on new contracts but the existing contract will be allowed to run for another six months they've also agreed on a ban on the gold and gold trade and other precious metals with the iranian central

bank all of these of course aiming to financially and economically cripple iran over its controversial nuclear program with western leaders still insisting iran is trying to build nuclear weapons while terror round denies this now the e.u. embargo follow strict new way u.s. sanctions that were passed into law by president obama in january so as far as the e.u. is concerned by july it will be a full and total implementation of these new sanctions this is unprecedented in terms of the scope and the desired of potential effects on iran but it is also one president in terms of its potential economic impact on the european union itself let's not forget the e.u. imports up to twenty percent of rain in all its second biggest buyer and one of the twenty seven the biggest buyers within that are elite spain and greece the very same countries that are now struggling to deal with that sovereign debt crisis greece in particular heavily dependent on the radio with up to one third of its total imports from iran also its relying on terror for easier credit terms so they will definitely have to find alternatives for these countries these are what their

leaders will have to talk about how to cushion the potential economic impacts on the several member states and of course because of all the uncertainty oil markets have already reacted pushing oil prices up and higher oil prices will just mean higher prices of goods meanwhile france britain and germany said they were willing to negotiate the sanctions if it's a tonic activities but columnist in asia times correspondent so as iran's patience is just about to end. the five plus one as it's called the five permanent members of the security council goes germany dish should sit down theoretically by the end of this month. in this double double sink is broken to start talking again about about iranian nuclear programs but i wonder if iran has any incentive at the moment in effect the hard line there is into there are say exactly that. the sanctions believed to be are only implemented on july first we're going to close down the

streets of hormuz as a reaction this is something that they need to see themselves their internal public opinion because they are being pressured all the time by the europeans the americans and europeans in the radiance eighty million iranians are asking themselves what is our government doing to defend that in effect that we have the right to to to develop a peaceful nuclear program and there is no if it is eighteen you we're glad you by national intelligence estimates in the united states that they are developing a nuclear weapon coming up later in the program the twists and turns of russian politics as the electoral campaign intensifies presidential hopeful wasn't approved and wants to get tough on immigration. both houses of the french parliament have passed a bill making it a crime to deny the killings of an estimated one and a half million armenians in one thousand fifteen by the ottoman empire the move has been strongly criticized by turkey which denies it was a genocide to discuss this issue further let's talk to around hari n r rahman

executive director of the armenian national committee of america thanks for being with us mr embury and what does this decision by france mean firm unions around the world. well i think at its heart what happens it was the approval of a genocide prevention measures something that is a powerful stand against turkey's denial of the army of genocide but more broadly a vote for a world without genocide for ending the cycle of genocide so many countries around the world russia have a france of course italy sweden switched on the others recognize this crime so we think it's a step toward mounting pressure increasing pressure on turkey to finally come to terms with your many genocide truthfully and justly but some critics say that president taco's e.u. party proposed the bill is just trying to win votes among the six hundred thousand ethnic armenians living in france do you think that that's the case i think that the support for the measure came from across the political spectrum in france as it

has in so many countries everywhere in the around the world that there's been a vote to vote as almost universally even to see this crime recognize that the soul center of the oil is up around one very welcome aspect of this for us that is farming in americans is that it shines a spotlight on president obama president obama promised as a candidate as a senator to recognize you're going genocide immediately after getting elected we hope that this reminds the president was obligation to his own commitments and also reminds them of that he needs to do the right thing and the congress should do the same car has already suspended our military economic and political ties with paris and now we hear that turkey's ambassador to france warning everyone is going to suffer from the move why do you think that this is such a sensitive question for modern day turkey. well first let me just point out that in two thousand and one i believe it was when the french parliament initially recognized the armed genocide i'm not exactly sort of your but when they did

subsequent to that recognition trade between terrorists and actually increased so turkey is pretty much a paper tiger they make very vocal threats that ultimately don't follow through they they're going to do what they do in terms of trade and military relations based on their own interest so i think. very much paper tiger number one number two i think this is. an inclination among turkish politicians to play to the lowest common denominator there is a very hardline element in turkey that abuse this is a matter of national pride there are others who see that turkey may be made to pay for its crime and they're fearful of that but it's certainly the lowest common denominator the take in turkish politics hostage and sadly taking the american politics hostage just well let's hear he says that the casualties were the consequences of war claiming the number of victims was actually much smaller would you agree with the statement of course that that's not that's a tactic of the miles used by by people who try to cover up genocide cross the

border it's used by holocaust deniers those who deny the massacres and who want to have a site in cambodia very often they'll say well this was not this was not a genocide or all it was a cop that's that's that's that's a lie this was a full force of the ottoman army wiping out innocent men women and children driving them into the desert every serious scholar recognizes that fact and a growing number of countries around the world as well and finally do you see our relations deteriorating even fareed there. what i would say is this if the french relations are ever going to be are actually from fighting that fighting is what you the truth it's will be mutual respect for just as this cycle of bullying bribing their way into silence in other countries is no basis for stable issues. from the armenian national committee of america thank you for being with us. and now to libya where at least four people have been killed and twenty others wounded

as forces still loyal to colonel gadhafi attacked the former leader stronghold of bani walid earlier the national transitional council's leader warren jeffs that the country was on an edge of civil war weeks of protests in the city of benghazi four to forced his deputy to resign on monday the demonstrators many of whom helped overthrow the previous regime are angered by the slow pace of reform and a lack of transparency in the n.t. sees handling of the country's assets patrick a is a reporter for the online magazine spiked says the events in libya are not surprising given the fact that the council was not chosen by the people. now i find that very interesting actually because well what i mean the national transitional council itself was very much something that was orange and chosen by the west not something that was chosen by the libyan people it was very much kind of put in place and then there were kind of helicopters in when gadhafi was gotten rid of so the thing that i find very striking here actually is that the only two you see

isn't doing itself any favors into the pro-democracy campaign is also seeing off the. supporters as well warnings for a long time that this could happen in bani walid people are saying very least two months we may get of the uprising here and the m.t.c. did nothing about it they were warned. apparently been taken so it's not surprising and it does seem like the m.t.c. is impotence and this is reflecting the needs and desires of anyone in libya at the moment there was a lot of congratulates retort by cameron. who kept a bit of a distance but was still involved after the fall of gadhafi i think they're going to be very reluctant to admit that what they didn't do was bring about democracy in the country. a trial date has been set pretty american woman who shipped her adopted russian son to moscow with nothing more than a note saying she didn't want him anymore. torry hansen placed the seven year old on a transatlantic flight to russia all my himself claiming he has psychological problems

hansen is being sued for child support by the world association for children and parents and the trial has been set for march twenty seventh the boy remains in russia where he's receiving professional care at a special children's village the incident sparked outrage and led to new adoption rules between the u.s. and russia. croatia voted sunday in support of a bid for you membership b.s. ballot however wasn't a solid one with more than half of all eligible voters simply ignoring the national referendum the country is now set to become the union's twenty eight states by july next year but only after all of the other members ratify the move croatia was split on the issue with those in opposition saying there is nothing to gain from a bloc currently experiencing its worst ever financial crisis analysts say is going to must focus on reforms to save the country's credit rating and boost the economy before they become a fully pledged member and as artie's tom barton reports the divisions are here to

stay even after the yes vote. scenes in the crewing should complicate the countries. but certainly. the. risks of being made behind me the police trying to push the protesters in ways they take protest is a situation in. the coalition capital and slowing things has been doing really well now. these are attempts to say the government is trying to suppress the juice and. they are joining with the way she is dependence to brussels. yes i believe that couple in another street nearby the foreign minister is trying to convince people that accession is vital for the croat economy actually with the stability the scale can

lead it into the credit rating of creation. that is translated into membership of the union gracious budget would be in serious trouble everywhere you turn in croatia the e.u. is being discussed but whereas most of the political class no longer question the europhiles stance public views differ widely. italians will come into our sea and catch all our fish and that's our biggest creditor you know if you think of their affiliates though they told us we have to buy in the e.u. is regulations those that don't want to obey must stop trading here in memphis even if we have two sons turn employed and maybe because of that i would be prying a secret to most of the simmons who don't have all the legitimate worries about sovereignty local industry and economic well being a former state and there are still some voices in parliament.